That For Now I Shall Be Alone Poem by RIC BASTASA

i do not wish to
see you
like a blank sheet
of paper

i have nothing to
write there
and if i try to
scribble
you may complain
more
and tell the world
that i made
you all the more
unhappier

perhaps i can leave
you in the
contents of your
silence

will you be complete
without me?

will you smile when
i become
a shadow?

i have a long list of
places for
my new journey
and i am telling my
hosts there
that for now

i shall be alone.